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Table 1 Odds ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (C.I.) for willingness of parents to let their child participate in a RCT for treatment with bracing

From: Bracing Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis: Design of the Dutch Randomized Controlled Treatment Trial

Variables

 

Willingness of parents to agree with participation

OR (95% C.I.)

  

Yes

No

 

Age

per 1 year rise in age, in the range 9 to 15 years

  

1.28 (0.76–2.16)

Gender

boy girl

6 8

2 5

1.88 (0.27–13.12)

Native country father

Netherlands Other countries

12 2

3 4

8.00 (0.96–66.44)

Native country mother

Netherlands Other countries

13 1

4 3

9.75 (0.78–121.96)

Educational level father

=> higher secondary education < higher secondary education

9 5

1 6

10.75 (0.99–116.6)

Educational level mother

=> higher secondary education < higher secondary education

7 7

1 6

5.99 (0.56–63.53)